How to Use blueliner in a Sentence

blueliner

noun
  • That’s been a harder argument for any star blueliner to make.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
  • The two-way blueliner leads the team in points (6-11-17).
    — Jason Cooke, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
  • But if a blueliner does break the long Hart drought, Makar’s name is front of mind for many in the game.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Blashill was slightly less filtered in batting for his young blueliners.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Fellow blueliner Seth Jones has been out the past 23 games.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Fox was the only blueliner in the 4 Nations who didn’t make the Olympic team.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The additions of the two blueliners make seven on the Hawks roster.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • While the wingers may go both first and second on June 26, the collection of blueliners is the strength of this draft class.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 19 June 2026
  • What makes those three blueliners compelling enough picks to take ahead of McKenna and Stenberg?
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • Young Matthew would go to those games and watch Johnathon, a shutdown blueliner, stop behind the net to let plays develop.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • That’s elite company for a point-producing blueliner.
    — The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Veteran blueliner Erik Karlsson seems to think so.
    — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The bearded blueliner has skated through the bumps and bruises that come with delivering checks and deflecting slap shots.
    — ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Chris Pronger was the last blueliner to win the award back in 2000 — and also the last to finish in the top three in voting.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Under the hood, Seider took some real steps in his ability to retrieve pucks and defend his blue line, both hallmarks of high-end blueliners.
    — The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Does that work start at the trade deadline, spending assets to add blueliners that have some term, or does more of that heavy lifting occur in the offseason via trades or free agency?
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • All of these defencemen — the latter two being right-shot blueliners — are highly touted and seem capable of logging heavy minutes down the road.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • There’s also Latvian blueliner Alberts Šmits, who was a standout at the Olympics.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • That also means two of the league's top blueliners in Hughes and Colorado's Cale Makar will face one another.
    — CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • That also means two of the league’s top blueliners in Hughes and Colorado’s Cale Makar will face one another.
    — ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The odds of a mid-30s defenceman, in a sea of talented blueliners, making Sweden’s Olympic team were low.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Logan Stanley and Luke Schenn are big, strong defenseman — one a lefty, one a righty — who fit the profile of playoff-ready blueliners.
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Assuming six blueliners for 82 games, that’s 38 percent of the total games devoted to freshmen.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 10 May 2026
  • However, the jury is still very much out as to whether or not the Canucks have even a single player who will be an elite NHL blueliner in the future.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The blueliner spent two seasons at Michigan before turning pro toward the end of the 2022-23 season.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Columbus traded the righty blueliner to the Wild for Daemon Hunt and four draft picks, including a 2025 first-round pick.
    — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Like Pettersson, Fistric’s physical play and awareness earned him a lot of praise, and he was viewed as a promising up-and-coming blueliner in his early 20s.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Sure, McDavid and Leon Draisaitl put up mega numbers upfront, while blueliner Evan Bouchard does the same on the backend.
    — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
  • Perhaps the Canucks will add a veteran defender to push their young blueliners for minutes, or target a reclamation project veteran at a conservative price point.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • The defensive issues aren’t just related to poor play by the blueliners and the team’s run-and-gun style under first-year coach Joel Quenneville, which often leads to chances being traded.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026

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